MATH PRESENTATION

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Explore

MATHIGON

January 2024

INDEX

1. Objective

2. What is Mathigon?

3. How do I sign-up?

4. Benefits

5. Features

6. Creating a Polypad Activity

7. Assigning a Polypad Activity

8. Closing

Objective

Today I will...explore Mathigon in a professional development sessionSo I can... identify products that can fit the need of my students for the purposes of instruction and assessment I'll know I have it when...I can find/create and utilize an activity or lesson with my students.

What is Mathigon?

What is Mathigon?

It's creators describe it "as part interactive textbook, part virtual personal tutor". Mathigon uses interactive lessons and tools to encourage students to explore and find solutions to problems, rather than them being told. It is a great tool to personalize instruction and provide an authentic learning experience.

How to sign up

Sound good? Here's how to join!

To create your Mathigon account, go to mathigon.org and follow these steps:

1. Click on the profile icon in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
2. Select "Create Account" from the dropdown menu.
3. Select "Teacher"
4. Select and sign in using your Google account.
5. Now you are ready to continue in your exploration of Mathigon!

Benefits

Benefits to Mathigon

• Provides an opportunity for exploration, creativity and critical thinking
• Completely free
• Constantly being updated
• Available when resources are limited
• No cleanup
• Tons of free tutorials, exercises
• Easy to embed in Canvas

Features

Features

Activities

Polypad

Lessons

Mathigon offers a library of interactive activities. The most popular among 2-5th grade teachers is Multiplication by Heart. This activity uses spaced repetition to help students improve their multiplication facts.

The polypad is a veritable playground for teachers and students. It has a whole host of digital manipulatives including number tiles, clocks, money, and more!

Mathigon offers a lesson library that you can search for pre-made Polypad lessons as well as lesson plans for grades K-12.

Creating a Polypad Activity

Creating a Polypad Activity

1. Determine which standard or skill you wish to address.
2. Log into Mathigon and click on the Polypad tab at the top of the screen.
3. Using the tools menu in the upper left corner of the polypad, identify the manipulatives that you will need in order to teach or assess the skill.
4. Click and drag a digital manipulative to place it on the Mathigon Canvas.
5. You can select the manipulative to view options and its properties.
6. To copy a manipulative, you can simply type "C" and it will create a copy for you.
7. To resize a manipulative you can select and click and drag to make the item larger or smaller.
8. To delete a manipulative, simply select and tap delete on your laptop keyboard.

Creating a Polypad Activity

1. If the activity you are creating requires student input, you will want to click on the page tab and switch to authoring mode. This will allow you to limit the types of manipulatives and tools the students can use.
2. Toggle on authoring mode and deselect all of the items that you do not want students to access.
1. Note: You will still have access to these items in authoring mode throughout your activity creation.
3. Once you are finished building your activity, turn authoring mode off.
4. Click on the file tab to title and save your polypad.
5. Sharing options (link, embed, etc.) should appear.

Assigning a Polypad

Assigning a Polypad

To embed a Polypad on a Canvas assignment:

1. Save your Polypad on Mathigon
2. Click on the "Share" icon
3. Copy the iframe code that populates
4. On the Canavs assignment page, select the </> icon below the Rich Content Editor box
5. Paste the iframe code
6. Select the </> icon again to view your Polypad activity.
7. Save and publish the assignment.

Note: To collect data from individual students requires students to create an account. Instead, use polypad activities as a way for students to practice and get instant feedback towards learning a skill.

Closing

Closing

Today I will...explore Mathigon in a professional development session So I can... identify products that can fit the need of my students for the purposes of instruction and assessment I'll know I have it when...I can find/create and utilize an activity or lesson with my students.

• Lesson Library
• Polypad
• Activities (Multiplication by Heart)

Resources

Webinar with Eric Curts

Mathigon Sample Activities

Mathigon PD Site

Mathigon YT

THANKS!